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US President Donald Trump delivering remarks to the UN General Assembly on Sept 23.
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The world needs a Maga approach, Trump tells UN
US President Donald Trump offered a hardline conservative worldview in his Sept 23 speech at the United Nations, attacking the “two-tailed monster” of uncontrolled immigration and the “hoax” of climate change.
He offered no new ideas on resolving the Gaza conflict or the Ukraine war in the course of a meandering 56-minute speech that sounded like a stump speech made on the campaign trail in 2024.
A faulty teleprompter at the podium, coming on top of a jerky escalator ride to the venue, gave Mr Trump the handle to launch something of a tirade against the UN, which he said was “creating new problems for us to solve”.
More than 140 world leaders are gathered at the UN General Assembly this week to discuss, among other things, a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a plan to cut carbon emissions to fight climate change.
Trump says Kyiv can win back ‘all of Ukraine’ in major shift
US President Donald Trump said on Sept 23 that Ukraine could win back all of its territory from Russia – and even go further – in a major pivot after meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The astonishing turnaround came shortly after Mr Trump also called for Nato countries to shoot down any Russian jets that violate their airspace.
“I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,” Mr Trump said, on his Truth Social network after his talks with Mr Zelensky.
Man found guilty of attempted Trump assassination plot
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A man found lurking with a gun near Donald Trump’s Florida golf course in 2024 was found guilty on Sept 23 of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, Fox News reported.
A jury found that Ryan Routh, 59, intended to kill Mr Trump, then a former US president and Republican presidential candidate, when he pointed a rifle through a fence while Mr Trump was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
S. Korea leader vows to reduce tensions with North
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Sept 23 to end a “vicious cycle of unnecessary military tensions” with North Korea, with the aim of achieving peaceful coexistence and shared growth.
In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr Lee emphasised his vision of a “phased solution” to the North Korean nuclear issue, “based on a cool-headed perception that denuclearisation cannot be achieved in the short term.”
On Sept 21, the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, Mr Kim Jong Un, rejected any phased plan, saying recent overtures from Washington and Seoul for dialogue were disingenuous because their fundamental intent to weaken Pyongyang remained unchanged.
Taiwan says two dead, 30 missing after super typhoon
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Taiwan’s fire department said on Sept 23 that 30 people were missing and two people had died in the eastern county of Hualien, where a barrier lake in the mountains burst its banks in a typhoon.
Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island on Sept 23 with torrential rain, flooding a nearby town and trapping more than 260 people, officials said.
Ragasa lashed northern Philippines and Taiwan on Sept 22 with heavy rain and strong winds, forcing thousands to evacuate.
